In his political campaigns, Robert Francis O'Rourke has used this childhood nickname
Beto
Jem Finch, Mayella Ewell
Harper Lee
Bodybuilding includes a fair amount of this activity, using barbells & other resistance training devices
weightlifting
Where wine grapes are grown
vineyard
In 1796, to fight smallpox, Edward Jenner successfully used these, from the Latin for "cow"
vaccines
In a 2008 presidential ad, Chuck Norris gave Huck facts & this former Governor of Arkansas gave Chuck facts
Mike Huckabee
Cho Chang and Cedrig Diggory
J.K. Rowling
The formula for this measure of a circle is pi times the diameter
circumference
An exceptional, highly skilled musician, Italian style
virtuoso
In 1620 Spanish priest Juan Pablo Bonet published the first book about this type of communication for the deaf
sign language
This avian term for an office holder of limited power dates back to the 18th century
Lame Duck
Robert Langdon & "the hulking albino named Silas"
Dan Brown
It's the term for repetitive echoing
reverberation
It was a 1982 Top 10 hit for the Go-Go's
Operation Big Switch, involving the exchange of thousands of these people, was a key to the agreement ending the Korean War
prisoners of war
Pennsylvania's 7th district, shaped like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck", got nixed by a court in 2018 for going too far in this process
gerrymandering
Arthur Dimmesdale, (Young) Goodman Brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne
13-letter adjective for the fluid that surrounds the brain & other parts of the nervous system
cerebrospinal
It means abnormally swollen or dilated, like Winston Smith's veins in 1984
varicose
This structure fell on November 9, 1989, symbolically bringing an end to the political division between East & West
The word "oppo", short for this 2-word term, really took off in the 1992 presidential campaign
opposition research
Curly's Wife, George Milton
John Steinbeck
This adjective with a meaning similar to "rebellious" refers to one who won't accept the authority of a superior
insubordinate
If you are repeating a quote in the exact same words that were originally used, you'd be stating it...
verbatim
A fundamental shift in government policy starting in 1990 led to the end of this policy of discrimination in South Africa
apartheid